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Over history, numerous figures have been claimed to be the real Architect of Canadian Confederation. This article will explore the rationale behind the selection of Sir John A Macdonald, the first Prime Minister, as this role. Macdonald’s national appeal, political skill and ability to bring together various conflicting interests elevate him above all other contenders to become the true architect of Canadian Confederation. The argument will consist of three major parts: first, John A Macdonald’s…

In the twentieth century, American poetry seemed to stagnate as the romantic genre appeared drained. Wolfgang Karrer explains poets avid to relay a different and powerful message to the American society could thus either rally the “renaissance” movement which attempted to reinvent new forms of poetry revitalizing older poetry styles or “remain with the domestic or local color realism” (130). Claude McKay decided to opt for the latest and will often use Black music and dance as a framework to…

Analysis of “The Lottery” and “The Cask of Amontillado” Psychoanalytic theory is based on Freud’s idea that we can realise what does person’s thinks and feels if we look at what he or she perceives in his mind (Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930's-present)). Moreover, it follows that by analysing one of the author’s characters we are really analysing the author itself. We do not need to believe this as a whole. We believe based on experience and on some Psychological theories, that the main…

Valentine M. Moghadam says ‘[t]he rise of Islamist movements in the Middle East has reinforced stereotypes about the region, in particular the idea that Islam is ubiquitous in the culture and politics of the region, that tradition is tenacious, that the clergy have the highest authority, and that women’s status is everywhere low,” when taking about the limitations scholars put on themselves when looking at the Middle East, but she extrapolates this sentiment later to encompass Middle East and…

and equality (e.g. Owenism and utopian socialism); 5) A critique of industrial society, opposing selfish individualism (e.g. Christian socialism), and 6) A range of values, rather than a particular view of how society works (e.g. the position of the Parti Socialiste Européen in the European Union)”…

Social 20 Nationalism Essay: 2 What fosters Canadian nationalism or at the very least- makes Canadians want to remain Canadian? Is it our unanimous love for hockey, our patronage of French and English or our role in the world? Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, writes in his book Federalism, Nationalism and Reason that ‘will’ rather than the aforementioned factors of geography, common language, common culture is the most critical to the ‘foundation of the nation’. He…

that the free flight of a mind finds it clipped. Down the ages, this consciousness only grows to make him feel his limitation and his inevitable lot of being restrained. On the verge of such realization, if in the free flight of a bird across the parti coloured sky his romantic longing or passion has been fed, the ‘hook’d feet’ or red claws have also been instrumental in expressing the spirit of cruelty and violence . Thenceforth,…

The Clever Use of Imagery and Irony in Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe is best known for dark short stories and poems. His stories are not always labeled dark because of blatantly frightening and disturbing imagery, but instead are labeled dark because of the way he crafts the stories. “The Cask of Amontillado” begins with Montresor, the narrator, vowing revenge on Fortunato for insulting him. Montresor crafts an intricate plan with two criteria: Montresor cannot get caught and…

Decolonization Research Paper The Congo is a very large country located in Central Africa. In modern times, the Congo is officially known as The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has many interesting geographical features. One of these features is that despite being located in the center of Africa, the Congo also has an Atlantic Ocean coastline. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second largest country in Africa and covers over 2,500,000 square…

Photography was invented as a way of documentation and has evolved into an artistic means of expression. Photographers such as Alexey Brodovitch and Philip Trager both experimented with conveyed motion and using negative space in photography. Both artists were confronted with a constantly changing world and society and chose dance as a way to express motion, evanescence, and tell a story. Both focused in on the use of color and negative space to communicate something more. Alexey Brodovitch was…